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Modern Magic: A Practical Treatise on the Art of Conjuring
·
Professor Hoffmann
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TO
SPRING
THE
CARDS
FROM
ONE
HAND
TO
THE
OTHER.--This
is
a
mere
flourish,
and
belongs
rather
to
the
art
of
the
juggler
than
to
that
of
the
magician;
but
it
is
so
frequently
exhibited
by
conjurors
that
a
work
on
magic
would
hardly
be
complete
without
some
notice
of
it.
The
cards
are
held
in
the
right
hand,
between
the
tips
of
the
second
and
third
finger
at
the
top,
and
the
thumb
at
the
bottom.
If
the
thumb
and
fingers
are
now
brought
slowly
nearer
together,
so
as
to
bend
the
cards
slightly,
they
will
one
by
one,
in
quick
succession
(beginning
with
the
bottom
card)
spring
away
from
the
pack;
and
if
the
pressure
be
continued,
the
whole
of
the
cards
will
spring
away
one
after
the
other
in
this
manner.
If
the
left
hand
be
held
at
ten
or
twelve
inches
distance
from
the
right,
with
the
fingers
slightly
bent,
the
released
cards
will
be
shot
into
the
left
hand,
which,
as
the
last
cards
reach
it,
should
be
rapidly
brought
palm
to
palm
with
the
right,
and
square
up
the
pack
to
repeat
the
process.
By
giving
the
body
a
quick
half
turn
to
the
right
as
the
cards
are
sprung
from
one
hand
to
the
other,
you
may
make
the
hands
(and
with
them
the
moving
cards)
describe
an
arc
of
about
two
feet,
and
so
deceive
the
eye
of
the
spectator
into
the
belief
that
the
hands
are
that
distance
apart,
though
in
reality,
as
they
both
move
together
in
the
same
direction,
they
retain
throughout
their
original
relative
distance
of
ten
or
twelve
inches.
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